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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Marlee know Ms. Winthrop?
(a) Ms. Winthrop is her piano teacher.
(b) Ms. Winthrop is the diner owner.
(c) Ms. Winthrop is her Sunday school teacher.
(d) Ms. Winthrop is her mother's cousin.

2. What does Marlee's mother tell Marlee's father in Chapter 18 that makes him very angry?
(a) She spent all their grocery money on new furniture.
(b) She accepted a job at a private high school.
(c) She has donated money to communist causes.
(d) She is working for the pro-segregationists.

3. How does Marlee get to school every day?
(a) She walks.
(b) Sally's mother drives her.
(c) Her father drives her.
(d) She takes the bus.

4. Who do Marlee and Liz catch throwing eggs at Mrs. Jefferson's house on Halloween?
(a) David.
(b) Tommy.
(c) JT and Red.
(d) Little Jimmy.

5. Why does Liz tell Marlee she picked Marlee to work with?
(a) Marlee is athletic, and Liz would like to work out with her.
(b) Marlee is pretty, and Liz would like some make-up tips.
(c) Marlee seems like a hard worker and Liz often ends up getting stuck doing all the work on group projects.
(d) Marlee is rich, and Liz would like to go shopping with her.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ms. Winthrop affectionately call Marlee?

2. Who tells Marlee and her friends what really happened to Liz?

3. What group does Ms. Winthrop introduce Marlee to?

4. What drink does Marlee associate her brother David with?

5. What is the name Marlee uses when she telephones Liz?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why do Marlee's parents tell Judy and Marlee that Judy has to move to their grandmother's house in Pine Bluff?

2. What does Marlee's father tell her about his reasons for driving her to school every day?

3. Why does Marlee choose to remain friends with Sally, even though Sally sometimes makes fun of her and mistreats her?

4. When Governor Faubus orders the schools in Little Rock to close, how do Marlee's parents react to the news?

5. What does Betty Jean tell Marlee about some of the reasons Negroes try to pass as white?

6. How does Marlee decide to try to get a message to Liz after Liz can not come back to school?

7. What does Ms. Taylor tell Marlee about the reason that Liz is not at school on the day they are supposed to present their history project?

8. How do Marlee's parents react when they find out that Liz had been passing?

9. How does Marlee find out what really happened to Liz that prevents her from coming back to school?

10. What does Marlee's fear of jumping off the high dive in Chapter 1 represent?

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